Tablesaw Storage Cabinet Hyde Park MA

Adjustable shelves on the side hold the rip fence, extra miter gauge and whatever else you can pile on them. The overall design is flexible and open-ended, so you can add extra holders and pegs wherever you need them. I made this cabinet to fit my tablesaw, but it can easily be modified to fit most other brands.

Tablesaw Storage Cabinet

Tablesaw Storage Cabinet

All of your tablesaw accessories close at hand

by Eric Smith

The last time I could find them all, I counted 18 accessories for my tablesaw. Dado set, push sticks, throat plates, extra blades, miter gauges, tenoning jig, wrenches, etc.—they’re all essential and they were all over the place. The problem is finding a convenient, central place to put them that’s out of the way yet accessible.

I came up with a cabinet that fits in the underutilized space below my saw’s extension table. It has two deep drawers for plenty of storage. The full-extension slides and stepped sides allow you to see and grab what you need without digging through stuff. Adjustable shelves on the side hold the rip fence, extra miter gauge and whatever else you can pile on them. The overall design is flexible and open-ended, so you can add extra holders and pegs wherever you need them. I made this cabinet to fit my tablesaw, but it can easily be modified to fit most other brands.

Assemble the Cabinet Box

Cut the parts from the two sheets of plywood (Fig. B, below). Add the 1/4-in. hardwood edging (G). Screw the cabinet sides (B, D) and back (C) to the bottom (A) (Photo 1; Fig. A, below). Attach the top with screws.

Photo 1: Assemble the cabinet with butt joints and screws.

Build the Drawer Boxes

Set up the drawer pieces (H through L), clamp and fasten them with screws (Fig. A). Add hardwood edging.

Attach and Adjust the Drawer Slides

Full-extension drawer slides are a must to access the drawer’s contents (see Sources, below). The slides consist of two parts: a cabinet member and a drawer member.

Attach the cabinet members flush with the front edge of the cabinet (Photo 2). Use a 14-1/2-in. spacer for the upper slides and a 3/4-in. spacer to set the bottom cabinet members.

Photo 2: Spacer boards make it easy to install the drawer slides in the cabinet. The 3/4-in. spacer is also used to position the drawer members up from the bottom edge of the drawers.

To set the drawer members, align the 3/4-in. spacer block flush with the bottom edge of the drawer side. Set the drawer member on the spacer flush with the front and screw it to the drawer.

Complete the Drawers

Nail hardwood edging to the sides and top of the drawer faces (M). Set the drawers in the cabinet. Align the faces to the drawers and fasten with 1-in. brads or double-faced tape. Open the drawers, and screw the faces to the drawer boxes from inside.

Install the handles (see Sources, below). Add a peg (R) to the top drawer face for hanging a push stick.

Add Shelves and Custom Storage

Attach the shelf standards (see Sources) to the cabinet side. Snap shelf supports in place and screw on the shelves.

I used leftover plywood to make a scrap bin for the bottom shelf. Fasten a bracket (N, P, Fig. A) on the left side of the cabinet for your miter gauge. Mount it as low as possible to avoid interfering with ...